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WEATHER (Week of Sept. 24-Oct. 1) High: 85 Low: 4)8 (Sept. 27) (Sept. 29) Rainfall: .17 in. (Sept. 24) (Oct. 1 not included) Soil Temp. Range: 71-82 Degrees Wht Clinton Chronicle Vol. 70 — No. 38 Clinton, S. C., Oct 2, 1969 INDEX Three Sections, 24 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 8-A Society 2-A- 3-A Sports 1-c East, Northeast Power To Be Off Sunday A.M. Electrical power will be otf for about three hours Sunday morning in the East and Northeast section of Clinton. Utility Supt. D. C. Whitman said the power to that section will be cut so that some changes can be made in the system. He said this is in conjunction with the current project to update the city’s elec trical system. Areas to be affected include: Industrial Park, Whitten Village; Joanna Highway; Merrie Oaks; Bailey Memorial Hospital; Teak- wood Drive; Carolina Ave.; N. Adair St.; Shands St.; Whitmire Highway; Smallwood; Caldwell St.; Florida St.; and N. Holland St. Whitman said the power will be off from 6 a.m. until about 9 a.m. Sunday in those areas. Watkins, Owens Share Contest Prize Money Phyllis H. Watkins and Larry Owens, both of Clinton, tied for first place in last week’s Chron icle football contest and will split the first and second place prize money. Because of several upsets, it was a rough week for the fore casters. Phyllis and Larry were among five people who missed only four of 15 predictions. How ever, their tie-breaker scores were closer than the other three. They both predicted that Le noir Rhyne would defeat Pres byterian by a 20-point margin. Although the actual score was 45-0, in favor of Lenoir Rhyne, their margin was the closest of those who turned in the most accurate predictions. First prize in the weekly con test Is $25 and second prize is $10. Phyllis and Larry will di- vice the $35 total, meaning each will receive $17.50. This weed's contest is on page 5-B in today’s Chronicle. Clinton Woman Is Sentenced In Gunshot Death A Clinton woman pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in General Sessions Court in Lau rens Monday in connection with the gunshot death of her husband. Corrine Coleman, 39, of Clin ton, was allowed by the court to plead guilty to the lesser charge. She had been charged with mur der in the Nov. 23, 1968, shoot ing death of her husband, David Coleman. She was sentenced to five years in prison, suspended on three years’ imprisonment, and three years’ probation. Judge William L. Rhodes of Hampton presided. "'w'' ' i B7< ■***» l >1 CONFRONTATION — Presbyterian College End Bill Caldwell (87) is eye- ball-to-eyeball with Lenoir Rhyne’s Mike Trempe in last Saturday night’s game at PC. The Blue Hose, who lost to the Bears, will play host to Wofford Saturday afternoon in the annual homecoming game. For cov erage on all the local football teams, see page 1-C in today’s Chronicle. PC's Homecoming Festivities Are Scheduled This Weekend Hundreds of Presbyterian Col lege alumni will return to the campus this Saturday for the 1969 Homecoming festivities that will feature awards, new officers, barbecue and football, and the reunions of 18 classes. Among the special events will be the presentation of the Alumni Gold P Award to Dr. Robert Matthew Lynn Midland, Tex., minister and current moderator of the Presbyterian Church US General Assembly, who will ad dress the alumni body. The full schedule will (pen at 10 a.m. with registration in the Douglas House and the fall meet ing of the alumni board of di rectors. Class reunions, follow ing at 10:30 in Neville Hall, are built around the classes 'if 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967. After the 11:30 a.m. barbecue under the campus oaks, the an nual program of the Presbyter ian College Alumni will tie held *¥¥************ *************** Coed' PC Directors To Be Installed Sat. Presbyterian College alumni have gone coed in electing the first women members to the ex panded board of directors which will be officially installed dur ing Homecoming this Saturday. Mail ballots chose William B. Hart, Anderson native who serves as vice-president of the First National Bank of Atlanta, to be president-elect of the PC Alumni Association during the coming year. Meanwhile, attorney Wil liam M. Hagood III of Easley, current alumni president-elect, will become the 1970 president. Ross Templeton of Charlotte, retired assistant vice-president of Fields Enterprised Educa tional Corp., was re-elected to a- nother three-year term as one of three alumni representatives to the board of trustees. Dr. John D. Knox, Marietta, Ga., ortho paedic surgeon, was named first vice-president of the Alumni As sociation. Besides enlarging tfle board from 17 to 26 members, the alum ni vote also added two women to the previously all-male council. Mrs. Georgia Blakely Thomason of Clinton was elected second vice-president; and Mrs. Betty Hunter Brice of Chester, record ing secretary. UF Residential Division Nears Campaign Goal ROUNDWM The 'Bone Man' Most folks over 30 probably have heard the story about how well the pig serves Americans. The story lists all of the various pig parts which are consumed by Americans—from the tail to the head, from the back to the feet, and from the inside out, even the bristles. The story goes that Americans have even found a use for the pig squeak—we put in the T-Model car. Even so, we were surprised to learn recently that uses have been found for bones and there’s one Piedmont area firm which apparently has made a big business out of bones and gristle. Carolina and Southern Processing of Spartan burg sends a representative into the Clinton area to buy bones from the supermarkets. You can still get bones for your dog at most supermarkets but the bones that are left are sold to Carolina and Southern. The firm covers most of Greenville, Spartanburg and Laurens Counties and also has offices in Gastonia, N. C., and Columbia, among other places. The bones, gristle and fat are processed and used in the manufacture of such consumer prod ucts as soap and—steady, lovers—lipstick. Maybe that could be a test of true love. If you can kiss a girl without thinking of fat back, maybe it’s the real thing. A total of $11,648.16 was pledged or contributed in the opening week of the current 1969 fund campaign of the United f und of Greater Clinton, Inc., it was reported at a meeting of cam paign workers Tuesday morn ing. Some divisions had not made enough contacts to be able to make a report at the meeting held at Mary Musgrove Hotel. However, the Residential Di vision, operatingunder a newplan of solicitation by mail, reported 75 per cent of its goal already has been raised. Those in the Residential Divi sion who have not returned their cards and contributions are urged to do so. Mrs. Neal Prater, di vision chairman, said the list will be checked and those who have At Planning Commission Meeting 'Ring Road' Group Appointed in Belk Auditorium, starting at 1 p.m. Besides Dr. Lynn, the program will honor Furman B. Pinson Jr., of Greensboro, N.C., textile executive, who will re ceive the 1969 Alumni Service A- ward. Homecoming activities will close with the 3 p.m. football game tietween Presbyterian and Wofford on Johnson Field. Apollo 10 Film Slated At PC Another film in theApolloser- les will lie shown at Presby terian College next Monday and Wednesday evenings with the pre sentation of “Apollo 10: Green Light for a Lunar Landing.” It is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the Whitelaw Auditorium of Rich ardson Science Hall, and the pub lic is invited to attend. not responded will l»e contacted by division workers. Mrs. Prater also said, “It may tie that some who should have been contacted by mail were missed. If so, they are urged to mail their contribution or, if they pre fer, they may call the United F und office (833-2716) and someone will come by and pick up their contribution.” Campaign Chairman Charles T. (Buddy) Oakley urged all work ers to try to make their con tacts and callbacks this week and turn in their completed reports to their chairman tofore Monday. A report meeting for all divi sion chairmen is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday, at Mary Musgrove Ho tel. A three-man committee was named Monday night to pursue action on a ring-road by-pass for Clinton. Named at a meeting of the Clin ton Planning Commission were Heath Copeland, chairman; George Cornelson, and I. Mac Adair. They were appointed by J. C. Thomas, chairman of the Plan ning Commission, who said act ion is needed on the proposed by-pass. The proposed by-pass is designed to aleviate traffic con gestion in downtown Clinton. At the meeting held in a con ference room at The Torrington Company, the commission also heard progress reports on hous ing, health, and recreation pro jects and on the city's Neigh borhood Land Use Survey. Mac Jolmson, of the Upper Savannah Development Board which coordinates federal pro grams in a six-county area in cluding Laurens County, told the commission of the projects hand led by the Upper Savannah office. He said a primary project now under way is a Neighborhood Fa cilities program for Clinton. He said the proposal calls for a recreation building to serve a low-income area of the greater Clinton area. This building would house a gymnasium and thor recrea tional facilities and would also in clude health and welfare service offices. It has been estimated that the building would cost about $170,000, of which the federal Housing and Urban Development Department would provide a two- thirds grant with the balance t t>e financed locally. Some f the local financing may tie handled on an in-kind basis with the pro perty valuation figuring into the local share. Johnson also said that an eco nomic status brochure lias teen completed for Clinton and that about 100 copies will le made available to the city. Dr. Louis Stephens, chair man of the Clinton 11 using Au thority, reported -n his rpaiii- zation’s activities t -ward se curing low-rent housing b a - ( lin- ton. He pointed out that ( Imtoii is the only town of its size m the upper part f the state which doesn’t have a low-rent housing project. He said the authority is hop ing to obtain approval f 150 t< 200 rental units fur Clinton through the Housing and Urban Development Department. The exact procedure which the local authority will f dlow is n -w under discussion, he said. Dr. Stephens said, "VVearenow lo< iking at -ither projects and talk ing with people experienced in this matter.” Once the program is initiated, he said, it will take about 17 to 18 months is started. before construction He said, ‘‘The projects can lie attractive and landscaped. And when we talk about 150 to 200 units, we don’t mean necessarily that they will all be grouped in one place. They may be scat tered, with 15 to 20 units in one place and others located else where.” that a community center usually is part of the project and sug gested that those working on the Neighborhood Facilities program look into this with an eye toward coordinating the efforts of the two groups. Bob Henry of Wilbur Smith Associates, which is conducting the Neighborhood Analysis Sur vey for the city, under contract with the State Development Board, also made a progress re port at the meeting. He presented a land use map to members and requested that they go over the map and make any corrections needed to update the map---such as street names, numbers, location of houses, etc. Commission member Carlisle Neely was appointed chairman of a committee to study the maps and update them. Dr. Stephens also pointed out ***************************#4#»44V¥4#»4¥¥4¥¥¥ Questions Are Raised About Laurens County Council Legislation Some requirements of the C unty Council Bill for Laurens County were questioned Monday night by a guest at the meet ing of the Clinton Planning Com mission. R. L, Plaxico appeared l»efore the commission at the request of the chairman, I. C. Thomas. Plaxico, Clinton businessman and former chairman of the Lau rens County Democratic Party, said that the County Council Bill contains some potential trouble spots. He said the bill, which was passed - n the final (lay of the General Assembly session, con tains no assurance that the coun cil u ill have geographical distri bution. He also said he believes the county councilmen’s salaries are so low that the jobs may not attract qualified candidates. Mr. Plaxico said, “I am not opposed to the county council me thod of operation. I think the idea f giving more home rule is a good one. I oppose the way it’s toing set up and handled. I think this bill was hastily drawn.” He said tlie $1,200 annual sal ary for the councilmen is too low. "Running this county---and that’s what they will be doing--- is a million-dollar business and I ttiink the men who hold these jobs should be hard-nosed business men. I don’t think we will at tract them for $1,200 per year. T believe the delegation should select the men for this job, with some thought toward geo graphical representation. As it is set up, all five men could to elected from the Clinton area, or all five fr-m the Laurens area and that would to a poor situa tion. If you have 12 people seek ing the job in the general elec tion of 1970, you could elect five who did not receive a ma jority of the vide. They culd to elected on the basis f a plural ity.” Mr. Plaxico also said, “I have asked ten people about this bill and only one knew anything about it. I don’t think the public is aware f the significance of the bill. That’s the reason I tiring it to your attention. I think it deserves more thought and study prior to the next session of the General Assembly when it could to amended before the election of 1970.” Christmas Parade Scheduled Dec. 4 The 196!) Clinton Christmas parade has been set for Thursday, December 4. Parade time has been set for 2 P.M. at Whitten Village and 4 P.M. for Clinton. Mike Hurt, president of the Clinton Jaycees, also stated that this year’s parade will be con- sponsored by the Clinton Businessmen’s and Mer chants’ Association and the Clinton Jaycees. Anyone interested in participating in this year’s parade, in any capacity, is encouraged to contact Mike Hurt at 833-0210 between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. or at 697-6223 after 5 P.M. Dr. Lynn To Receive Gold P Award At PC Dr. it. Matthew Lynn, an alum nus m w serving as nmderator of the Presbyterian Church US Gen eral Assembly, will receive Presbyterian College’s I960 Alumni GCd P Award at Home- coming this Saturday, it was an nounced today. He was chosen for this cita tion by the alumni directors to- cause of his “outstanding a- chievement in his chosen pro fession which reflects credit u- pon Presbyterian College.” The award will to made at the 1 p.m. program in Belk Auditorium on Saturday. Dr. Lynn, whose father was president of Thornwell Or phanage for many years, will fly over from Midland. Tex., where DR. LYNN- MODE R A TOR he serves as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The Gold P recipient earned his BA degree from Presbyterian College in 1924, Dr. Lynn has served the Mid land Church since 1947. He is married to the former Nona Thomas Joyce of Kansas City, and they have six children. Kiwanians Use 338 Pounds Of Pancake Mix PANCAKES FOR THORNWELL Pictured above are Thornwell atu dents enjoying pancakes Saturday morning at the Clinton Kiwanis Club Pancake Jamboree. The club fed 250 students from Thornwell and 145 from Whitten Village Saturday morning. The Clinton Kiwanis Club staged a very successful Pancake Jamboree last Friday and Satur day at the Clinton High School cafeteria. Proceeds are to to used by the local Kiwanis Club for worthy local causes. The Friday night supper was held just prior to the Clinton- Chester football game. The serv ing was fast and furious as about 2,000 persons went through the serving lines from 5:30 to 8p.m. On Saturday, both breakfast and lunch were served and there were many people returning again for the pancakes. The Kiwanis Club had two spe cially constructed pancake cook ers which they rented from a club in Rockford, Illinois. The Kiwanis Club has plans to make this an annual event be cause of the acceptance by so many pancake connoisseurs. Official statistics from Chair man Bailey Dixnn andSalesMan ager Ervin Shook are that about 2,400 tickets were sold and the guest were served pancakes from 338 pounds of pancake mix, 400 pounds of sausage, 50 gallons of coffee, 60 pounds of butter, 350 eggs and 66 gallons of milk (for use in the batter); 1,320 cartons of milk and 48 quarts of orange juice were served for breakfast Saturday. Through the courtesy of a few local merchants and industries, the club was able to serve ap proximately 145 from Whitten Village and 250 from Thronwell. All reported having a grand time at the jamboree. MABRY McCRARY 'Mabe' McCrary, 45, Dies In Augusta Hospital Mabry W. (Mato) McCrary,45, nf East Florida St., Clinton, died Wednesday morning at 7:30 in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Augusta, Ga., after a serious illness f ab ut six weeks. A native f Clinton, Mr. Mc Crary was a graduate f Clin ton High Sclio"! and served with the U.S. Navy during W rid War II. He owned and operated Mc Crary’s Mart >n South Adair Street and was a memtor f, Broad Street Methodist Church. He was a son >f Mrs. Fran ces Mobley McCrary of Clin ton and the late Clyde H. Mc Crary. Other survivors include his wife, Blanche McClure McCrary; a son, Mabry W. (Mac) McCrary Jr. of the home; a daughter, Brenda McCrary of the home; five brothers, C. H. McCrary Jr. of Columbia, Robert McCrary of Greer, Sam H. McCrary, Bill McCrary and Ken McCrary, all of Clinton; three sisters, Mrs. W. R. (Louise) Pitts II and Mrs. A bit (Emma) Alexander, both of Clinton, and Mrs. Eugene (Sara) Sheorn of Camden; an aunt, Mrs. A. J. Penland of Clinton. The family will be at the home of Kenneth McCrary at 306 Cedar Street. Gray Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements. Pallbearers will be W. C. Mi lam, Frank Cauley, James Pen- land, John M. Ray, Earl Pitts, and Harry Baldwin. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church-Bur ial will be in Rosemont Ceme tery. The family suggests that, in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Broad Street Met hodist Church Organ Fund.